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Originally Posted by Jen
Some more recent, non-classic books have also been edited. YA author Lois Duncan is updating all of her books that were originally published in the 1970s and 1980s to account for modern names and technology. I have yet to read the updated versions, but I'm very intrigued how they've changed, because I love her originals.
The Sweet Valley High books have also gotten an update to modernize them.
Part of me understands it's all about the business of selling books, but it's hard to feel like books have any permanence when they're changed at the drop of a hat now.
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I HATE THIS. Dang it, I read books from the 1950s and enjoyed them (admittedly, I was a weird child). Anne Emery occasionally updated books in this way (jitterbugging was changed to disco dancing) but the general message of the books definitely stayed with a 1950s ethos (i.e. no one was doing anything sex-wise).
And Lois Duncan? SRSLY? I can't think of anything that dated those books, honestly. The other thing that put me over the edge was Judy Blume changing so that Margaret had beltless pads. I guess that one actually makes a little more sense though.
One of these days I'm going to make a dossier of "Movies That Would Have To Change Their Whole Plot Because Of Cell Phones." Foxes is #1 on the list.
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